AOL Instant Messenger

Pros: Fast, reliable, instant, FREE!
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America Online Instant Messenger 4.3
By Stephen Smith

You probably have an e-mail address and have friends with AOL. Can you count the many times they’ve asked to IM you? What exactly does that mean? Do you want to without paying the...

Pros: Easy to use, fun, lots of features
Cons: Not one so far.

I am one of the many people who hate aol, but I must admit that one good thing has come out of that company. AOL Instant messenger is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It allows you to talk to your friends when they are online.

I have...

Pros: It's Simplicity.
Cons: Everyone has a different version.

AOL Instant Messenger is a great tool. Following in the lines of ICQ and PowWow, AOLIM has become one of the Internet's most popular tools for instant messaging and communication between it's users.

The experience I've had with AOLIM has been...

Pros: Widely-used, new centrally-stored buddy list
Cons: "Offline" list, redesigned system tray icon

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 makes several useful improvements over version 3.0. Most significantly is the ability to save your Buddy List on AOL's central server (a process which is done automatically the first time you use 4.3 and every...

Pros: Voice Chat, features, protection for AOL users.
Cons: Delay on voice chat

I used to work for Prodigy and although we would always hear bad things about AOL, we would silently be passing around our AIM names so we could all keep in touch for when we quit the stinkin' job. Anyway, although I can't have AOL where I live, and...

Pros: Free to download, Easy to use, Eliminates high phone bills
Cons: Not everyone has it... can you believe it?

For some, America Online's Instant Messenger is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Others say that it is a cute little program that at times can be annoying and disruptive to a main AOL account.

I think it's safe to say that college...

Pros: Simple To Use
Cons: Can't Think Of Any

I have been using AOL Instant messenger for a few months now and I love it. I think it's a great way to keep in touch with people whether you are at work or at home. It's so much better than running up phone bills or even writing letters and emails. It's...

Pros: send,get files.
Cons: none

Oh man, I've never used anything like this program. This is like better than the AOL and anything else for chats. The AIM has so many things to work with, such as instant chat, talk, get/send file and also it has the away message system working out...

Pros: Can be used by Non AOL members, easy to use.
Cons: Adult supervision is needed for children.

We do not subscribe to AOL, so when my son wanted to be able to IM (instant message) his friends, he told me we had to be AOL users. I logged on to the AOL site and saw that you could become an AOL IM user without paying for AOL. I signed him up and...

Pros: Completely Customizable, The Features I List in the Review, Security (you can block members, warn members, it shows an "accept message" screen when somebody not on your buddy list sends you an IM), Constantly Updating, Much More
Cons: You Get Kicked Off Sometimes

OK, I know, this is a product from America Online, so how good can it be? Surprisingly very good.

I don't have AOL, nor do I intend to sign up. AOL's wonderful AIM, which is free to use with your current ISP, has given me another reason not...

Pros: Like a fancy candy
Cons: 10-seater capacity?

AOL chat is like some fancy candy. Once you're in there, there are so many things you can do such as change the typeface you are using, even color your words. But like Yahoo, you still have to sign up first before you can go in and start chatting. And,...

Pros: unique buddy list, lots of cool options in the IM window, has a stock ticker to see your favorite stocks
Cons: a little inconvenient when you want to join chat rooms

It’s been more than 6 months since I first used AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). And I have to tell you that I’m an AIM addict!!! I go on AIM each day for at least for 6 hours and chat with my friends. And I don’t just sit there and do something else...

Pros: Secure, file sending/getting, pictures/sounds, warning
Cons: windows can clog up the screen, small advertisement

My preferences as messengers go is for ICQ, I like the interface more and the fact that it flashes in your taskbar when you have a message so if you are talking to several people at once you don't have to worry about having several message windows open....

Pros: A snap to use, great features, low RAM usage, small download.
Cons: needs better privacy controls, not interoperable with other IM clients.

First there was the Postal Service. Then came the telegraph. Then the telephone. Then came e-mail. Now, there's instant messaging. What do all these have in common?

They are ways to communicate with people that have become faster and faster...

Pros: free!!!!
Cons: you get attached to it

Instant messaging has entered a new era. Now, I know there are a lot of other instant messaging programs out there, but none of them even come close to AOL. The actual internet service AOL is not very good, but instant messenger is awesome, and it's...